Some of you keep bringing up we are 6th(or so) in $/player. You all can’t possibly believe that. Dollars come from outside the university- we have, what, 100,000 or so alumni while the Georgia’s, tOSU, Texas schools, SoCal, etc have 400,000-600,000 current alumni. We don’t have a med or law school. We don’t have all the businesss the state of Ga (and Atl) has. Not to mention the oil money. No way we are playing on anything resembling a level playing field.
So, are you suggesting Clemson just shut the football program down because they will no longer be relevant? While they may not have the money backing of some of these other programs, they have always found a way to remain competitive. Sometimes you have do things in an uncommon way to achieve results.
Just think, some people thought Dabo was a dumb hire back in the day and thought he had a snowball’s chance in Hades of ever winning a National Championship at Clemson, much less two!